Kaichou wa Maid-sama! – 08
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「美咲、雅ヶ丘学園へ」 (Misaki, Miyabigaoka Gakuen he)
“Misaki, Heading to Miyabigaoka Academy”
Hints of Special A, Skip Beat, and now Hana Yori Dango. What’s there not to love about this series? If I were only judging it on Fujimura Ayumi‘s portrayal of one of the best tsunderes I’ve seen in a while, Kaichou no Maid-sama would already be a shoo-in. The fact that they can portray some good drama in the process without it coming off overly melodramatic or cheesy though just tips the scales in this series’ favor even more. Here, we have the almighty heir of the Igarashi conglomerate Tora pushing his weight around and trying to make a plaything of the nearly poverty-stricken Misaki, who gets forced into wearing a fairly revealing maid outfit. It was at this point that visions of Hana Yori Dango episode two filled my head, which were further warranted when Tora flaunted his money in Misaki’s face under the assumption he could buy her out. Naturally, my immediate reaction to that was, “You wish Tora. Misaki’s not that cheap of a woman to be swayed by your filthy money!”; however, when she refused to transfer and he proved to be too much for her to handle with his Judo wrestling/submission skills — looking like he was going to rape Misaki — I was hoping and praying for Usui’s arrival before she even whimpered out “U-su-i” under her breath.
What do you know, right on cue our prince in shining armor comes busting through the door and smoothly retrieves his cherished princess from the grasps of the evil villainous pervert. It’s a darn shame I didn’t get to see Misaki in a Miyabigaoko uniform when it looks so much better than the dull green Seika ones, but the deredere moment she shared with Usui for saving her more than made up for it. As seen on a few other occasions already, her soft-spoken words of gratitude are clearly having an effect of Usui in return as well, making the two of them absolutely adorable to watch. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t envious of Usui and wanted to be in his shoes, but I can’t say I’m confident about my ability to jump off a school rooftop and live to look cool about it. Anyway, with the little bit of drama shown here and foreshadowing that this isn’t the last we’ve seen or heard from Tora, I really like how the story’s working towards Misaki opening up to Takumi and almost instinctively confiding in him (…when she’s not calling him a perverted stalker that is). It’s ridiculously cute to see too, which is right up there with the lovely maid outfit Tora got Misaki to put on.
On the comedic side of things, I felt kind of sorry for our three idiots for visiting Maid Latte on Naoya’s birthday, only to find out that Misa-chan wasn’t working. Subsequently, I got a good laugh at how the birthday cake they received from Honoka and the others was addressed to the “Three Idiots”. Also, Suzuna is showing her blunt humor more and more lately, with the way she can make delicious looking food out of nothing more than bean curd and always throws in the “it’s because we’re poor” line nonchalantly. She should seriously consider working for a meat substitute food company that targets vegetarians because she could be making millions with products like that! Looking at the preview, I’m not too sure what to expect of the next episode other than Misaki will be taking on the role of Momotarou in some way. Regardless, she’s still a maid first and foremost, so I gather it’ll be lots of fun as usual. This series’ track record has been pretty good so far, seeing as it hasn’t let me down one bit in the past eight episodes. With a girl like Misaki though, it’s pretty hard to disappoint.
Preview
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May 21, 2010 at 3:09 amFlamingYu
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wow the new outfit o.O *shocking*
http://randomc.net/image/Kaichou%20wa%20Maid-sama!/Kaichou%20wa%20Maid-sama!%20-%2008%20-%2036.jpg
^dang the Miyabigaoko is NICE.
May 21, 2010 at 2:58 pmHayate Yagami
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More like, we’ve gotten used to the ugly green ones so a “normal” (for anime) uniform looks really good.
May 21, 2010 at 3:49 amQnTiria
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HAHAHAHA ily the momotaro ep lol HAHAHAHHAHAHA (it was just a special in the manga, so excited they’re going to animate it!)
May 21, 2010 at 5:11 amstarss
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Not sure if I wanna see an alternative-universe story in this series just yet, but that’s what the screenshots here show away.
May 21, 2010 at 5:39 amJonnay
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Misaki <3 <3 <3
She was epic win for me from Ep 1 ^_^
May 21, 2010 at 5:43 amGekokujou
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Tora you bastard, what are you doing to my Misaki? You are a dead man!
May 22, 2010 at 7:00 amMrTerrorist
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Your Misaki? Ha! Forget it pal. Misaki was never yours, mine or anyone else. She only belongs to one person and one person only.
Her true love, the great Usui himself!
May 21, 2010 at 5:48 amMel
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Oh we are quite tolerant – you don`t need to jump from a rooftop (and survive it) to impress women.
Like a frind of mine said “I am even willing to buy that white horse and write the goddammed script for him – he just needs to read it out loud!”
But we tend to pay for our drinks ourselves nowadays.
I can`t wait for the subs :). They added some screen time for Suzuma compared to the manga and they did that quite well. I wonder if the money for the postcards etc are really not that high of an investement compared to the awards, she wins.
May 21, 2010 at 6:34 ammegalith
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I’m lagging on this series. I haven’t watched last week’s episode yet. :(
May 21, 2010 at 8:06 amChevalier
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Igarashi Tora is totally a son of a bitch!!
I wonder what kind of death will be suitable for him?
A. GEASS [to command Tora to kill himself by dagging a knife into his neck]
B. DEATH NOTE [appeared in front of Usui and wrotes Tora's death: he will be fell off onto 50th floor of a building and suddenly hit by a trailer truck]
C. HOTLINE TO HELL [Tora suddenly find that he was riding on a boat along with Enma Ai]
D. MYSTIC EYES OF DEATH PERCEPTION [Misaki founds the "death" points of Tora and when she touch it, Tora died]
E. SOUL EATER [someone ate Tora's soul ]
What do you think?
May 21, 2010 at 8:32 amFlamingYu
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C is no way, as it requires sacrifice your chances of going “up”.
B is the best way to kill people.
May 21, 2010 at 6:09 pmanimato
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How about F. HYPNOTIZATION [Tora is hypnotized by Ayato Naoi that Tora is less superior than a clothespin and commits suicide]
May 21, 2010 at 8:39 amASDAS 2.0
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date rape
May 21, 2010 at 9:08 amKinny Riddle
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http://randomc.net/image/Kaichou%20wa%20Maid-sama!/Kaichou%20wa%20Maid-sama!%20-%2008%20-%20Large%2006.jpg
Poor Yukimura, he’s still traumatized by his first kiss being stolen by Takumi. XD
And poor Naoya, for Misa-chan to be away on his birthday of all days, only to be easily pacified by Honoka’s cake. lol
PS Speaking of Hana Yori Dango, I remember when visiting my relatives months ago, I saw them watching a Korean drama version of it. Starting with a Taiwanese live-action drama, followed by an anime proper, and then a live-action Japanese dorama, and now a Korean live-action one, just how many more different versions can this series evolve into?? I guess I shouldn’t be surprised if they finally make a US live-action version with localized American names.
May 21, 2010 at 5:49 pmGekokujou
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Apparently, there was also going to be a Chinese version, but not surprisingly, the Chinese are having copyright complications.
May 21, 2010 at 11:39 amN0216332
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hmmm, why do i like suzuna more than misaki XD?
May 22, 2010 at 1:43 amTavor TAR-21
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Haha, I know huh? I think she’s a lot cuter than Misaki; it must be because she can say the oddest things with the straightest face.
May 21, 2010 at 12:33 pmLil’ Lilly
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You made me laugh at 3:27 AM! (luckily my roommate is sound asleep). I’d prefer A, adding few self-inflicted injuries on his filthy hands for touching Misa-chan. Although I’d also enjoy the shock on his face if he were to find himself on a one-way ticket to hell via courtesy of Enma Ai. (I’d contact her, no worries.) Lol.
May 21, 2010 at 12:35 pmLil’ Lilly
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Darn! ^ was meant as a reply to Chevalier’s post. Lol. I really need some sleep. Obviously.
May 21, 2010 at 3:08 pmSouen
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Whoa, I didn’t even notice till I looked at the screencaps that Usui was wearing a Miyabigaoko uniform when he was rescuing Misaki
May 21, 2010 at 3:34 pmLoveya
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http://randomc.net/image/Kaichou%20wa%20Maid-sama!/Kaichou%20wa%20Maid-sama!%20-%2008%20-%2020.jpg
^Hahaha, Misaki looks manish in this picture. But this looks like a good episode. (:
May 21, 2010 at 3:40 pmLoveya
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And they’re pacing for this series is really slow. Unless there is going to be a second season, they need to speed it up a little bit.
May 21, 2010 at 4:36 pmLorezno
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Why did she put on the headband?
May 21, 2010 at 4:45 pmdivine
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Don’t forget the armbands too. Misaki said it was force of habit since she’s so used to putting on maid clothes. She was being pressured by Tora too, as he counted down ten seconds for her to get changed.
May 21, 2010 at 8:19 pmShirt
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Wow that was a great episode. The whole Usui entrance was amazing. Like, can Takumi get any cooler? D: lolol Oh and I’m still hung up on how he can jump off the school building and STILL look good/BETTER than before! Dx lmao Kill myself.
May 21, 2010 at 8:36 pmIsland Esper
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This series is pure win I just love this couple. They are starting to rank close to Sadako and Kazehaya in my book. When Misaki was down I so knew that Usui will rescue her; but I enjoyed every second of it.
May 21, 2010 at 9:27 pmadobochan
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They didn’t show how Usui teased Misa-chan in the last part. I laughed at that part when I read it in the manga.
http://www.onemanga.com/Kaichou_wa_Maid-sama/8/33/
May 21, 2010 at 11:46 pmsecsuey
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nice this is just chapter 8 of the manga
there will be maid sama for a long while!
May 22, 2010 at 12:08 amAnonymous
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Sad that Misaki had to be rescued when, based on her past feats of violence toward errant male students, she should’ve been able to lay Tora flat with little effort.
May 22, 2010 at 12:46 amadobochan
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She fought back but Tora is a Judo practitioner so he was able to counter her attempts.
May 22, 2010 at 4:12 amamado
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this pic makes misaki look like a guy:
http://randomc.net/image/Kaichou%20wa%20Maid-sama!/Kaichou%20wa%20Maid-sama!%20-%2008%20-%20Large%2020.jpg
from the preview, it looks like their either gonna do a play or be in a alternate universe though its probably the latter.
May 22, 2010 at 5:48 amIncognito
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http://randomc.net/image/Kaichou%20wa%20Maid-sama!/Kaichou%20wa%20Maid-sama!%20-%2008%20-%20Large%2031.jpg
Takumi Usui = Big Damn Hero.
Someone needs to make a fan art of Misaki in the Miyabigaoka uniform* NOW.
(Note*: Preferably the female uniform, but I see no problem if they want to make Misaki wear the male school uniform…)
May 22, 2010 at 7:35 amoutcast
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Next episode might be the ouran high school alice in wonderland kinda episode.
May 22, 2010 at 8:10 amAnacone
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“We know you are poor because your dad run away, so Please shut up!!” argh Why they have to repeat same track every time little sis is on screen. And not only that she always has same bland tone.
May 22, 2010 at 11:38 amJC
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http://randomc.net/image/Kaichou%20wa%20Maid-sama!/Kaichou%20wa%20Maid-sama!%20-%2008%20-%2029.jpg
I think the pic above makes her look rather… manly.
May 23, 2010 at 8:18 amhiro
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usui’s voice when he teased misaki about her calling out to him was pretty funny. kudos to the voice actor. =)
May 23, 2010 at 9:32 amTewi
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I’m absolutely loving how his VA can switch from ‘sexy badass’ to ‘chibi tease’ in an instant. <3
May 26, 2010 at 2:41 amchidori3souske
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If I’m not mistaken I think next episode is an anime original right??
August 24, 2010 at 6:01 amSherrez
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HAHAHA. I actually kinda like Tora Igarashi :) Not that i am a fan of rape or even almost-rapes . I just thought that the pinning tactics thingy were really sexaay!! LOL JKJK dont kill me. :)
LESS THAN THREE!!
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